LSE IQ podcast

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LSE IQ is a monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science in which we ask some of the smartest social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society. #LSEIQ

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Episodes

LSE IQ Episode 22 | Should we fear the rise of the far right?

Contributor(s): Professor Simon Hix, Dr Marta Lorimer, Matthew Feldman, Sara Khan

Feb 06, 2019•33 min

LSE IQ Episode 21 | Can we afford our consumer society?

Contributor(s): Dr Rebecca Elliott, Professor Ian Gough, Dr Rodolfo Leyva

Dec 19, 2018•1 hr 11 min

LSE IQ Episode 20 | Can activism really change the world?

Contributor(s): Dr Ayça Çubukçu, Professor Armine Ishkanian, Dr Chris Rossdale

Nov 14, 2018•38 min

LSE IQ Episode 19 | Is the gentrification of our global cities inevitable?

Contributor(s): Professor Suzanne Hall, Alan Mace, Dr David Madden, Emad Megahed, Dr Patria Roman-Velazquez

Oct 15, 2018•38 min

LSE IQ Episode 18 | How do stories help us understand the world?

Contributor(s): Richard Bronk, Professor Lib Taylor, Professor Mary Morgan

Sep 04, 2018•34 min

LSE IQ Episode 17 | Are we entering a new Cold War?

Contributor(s): Anne Applebaum, Dr Cristian Nitoiu, Peter Pomerantsev

Aug 08, 2018•46 min

LSE IQ Episode 16 | Do we need to rethink foreign aid?

Contributor(s): Dr Grace Akello, Rafat Ali Al-Akhali, Dr Duncan Green, Dr Ryan Jablonski

Jul 03, 2018•37 min

LSE IQ Episode 15 | Are cryptocurrencies the future of money?

Contributor(s): Dr Tatiana Cutts, Professor Nigel Dodd, Dr Garrick Hileman, Dr Natacha Postel-Vinay

Jun 06, 2018•36 min

LSE IQ Episode 14 | How do you win an argument?

Contributor(s): Dr Owen Griffiths, Professor Bryan W Roberts, Professor Bart Cammaerts, Professor Martin W Bauer, Dr Alexandru Marcoci

May 01, 2018•38 min

LSE IQ Episode 13 | Are we seeing a new gender equality revolution?

Contributor(s): Professor Jennifer Brown, Winnie Li, Professor Beverley Skeggs

Apr 03, 2018•38 min

LSE IQ Episode 12 | Why is democracy declining?

Contributor(s): Professor Jonathan Hopkin, Dr Brian Klass, Professor Tomila Lankina

Mar 06, 2018•41 min

LSE IQ Episode 11 | What's the future of the welfare state?

Contributor(s): Professor Sir John Hills, Professor Lucinda Platt, OBE, Dr Malcolm Torry

Feb 06, 2018•33 min

LSE IQ Episode 10 | What makes a great leader?

Contributor(s): Professor Connson Locke, Professor Elizabeth Samet, Professor Ben Voyer

Jan 09, 2018•37 min

LSE IQ Episode 9 | Why is social mobility declining?

Contributor(s): Professor Mike Savage, Dr Abigail McKnight, Professor Sam Friedman

Dec 05, 2017•37 min

LSE IQ Episode 8 | Is our prison system broken?

Contributor(s): Dr Simon Bastow, Professor Nicola Lacey, Dr Sharon Shalev

Nov 06, 2017•34 min

LSE IQ Episode 7 | Could social entrepreneurship be the answer to world poverty?

Contributor(s): Professor Stephan Chambers, Dr Christian Busch

Oct 03, 2017•37 min

LSEIQ Episode 6 | What’s the secret to happiness?

Contributor(s): Professor Paul Dolan, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Liz Zeidler

Sep 05, 2017•27 min

LSEIQ Episode 5 | Why haven’t we won the War on Drugs?

Contributor(s): John Collins, Dr Michael Shiner, Danny Kushlick

Aug 01, 2017•27 min

LSEIQ Episode 4 | What can Brexit tell us about the white working class?

Contributor(s): Dr Justin Gest, Dr Lisa McKenzie, Dr Dennis Novy

Jul 04, 2017•30 min

LSEIQ Episode 3 | Is social media good for society?

Contributor(s): Professor Nick Couldry, Professor Ellen Helsper, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Svenja Ottovordemgentschenfelde

Jun 06, 2017•28 min

LSEIQ Episode 2 | What's the future of work?

Contributor(s): Professor Leslie Willcocks, Guy Michaels, Professor David Graeber, Aleks Krotoski

May 02, 2017•27 min

LSEIQ Episode 1 | Why is CEO pay so high?

Contributor(s): Deborah Hargreaves, Professor Dirk Jenter, Professor Sandy Pepper, Dr Max Steuer, Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable

Apr 04, 2017•26 min

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